Obor Station- Bucharest East (Bucharest)

Romania / Ilfov / Voluntari / Bucharest
 train station, railway terminal, 20th century construction

built 1903
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Coordinates:   44°26'55"N   26°8'26"E

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  • Built in 1903, with the railway line Bucharest Obor-Pantelimon. Was built mainly to serve the food halls and factories in the Obor In 1904 is build railway line Ram.Baneasa- Herastrau- Bucharest Obor. From this railway station, went industrial railways from factory: "Prodplast", "Aversa" (made pumps), "Sintofarm", "Frigotehnica", deposits of coal and wood. After 1918 is build railway line Bucharest Obor- Titan- Oltenita. Between 1963-1969, is dismantled railway line between Bucharest Obor and industry area "Morarilor" (bred factory "Titan"), With the construction of a 9-storey blocks on the road Panteleimon. In 1978, first electric locomotive arived in Bucharest Obor station, when railway line Bucharest Obor- Pantelimon is electrified and equipped with automatic block line. In years 1985-1987 railway line Bucharest Baneasa- Herastrau- Bucharest Obor is dismantled, so that Bucharest Obor remains end station.
  • In 1988, in station Bucharest Obor arived 10 passenger trains per day, but to manipulate thousands of freight wagons, for factory in obor area. Bucharest Obor had mechanical switches, light signals and a mechanical barrier. Also, here is a one locomotive shed, home station wagon ("statie de domiciliul"), and had to travel and information desk. Today, the freight trains in Obor station are much rarer than in 1989, because of closing factories in the area. All the industrial railway, whi cross the Electronicii street, was dismantled, as railway line that served "Halele Obor".
  • But so you know, Eastern Railway (Obor) Was railway station 3 routes operated by CFR (Romanian Railways) ie: Bucharest Obor - Titan South (formerly stop 23 August) - Olteniţa, Bucharest Obor - fetesti, and North Bucharest - Bucharest Obor - Constanta (now run on 160 km \ h) But now the East Railway Station (Obor) trains on the Bucharest Nord - Obor - Constanta at 160 km \ h, and is under two hours, and there is still a line where trains depart from East Railway Station (Obor), it's the Bucharest Obor - Bucharest North and now circulating now, and passenger and freight trains sometimes.
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